[House Report 114-534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 114-534
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ARIEL RIOS FEDERAL BUILDING
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May 3, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Shuster, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4957]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 4957) to designate the Federal
building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District
of Columbia as the ``Ariel Rios Federal Building'', having
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment
and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
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Purpose of Legislation........................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation.............................. 2
Hearings......................................................... 2
Legislative History and Consideration............................ 2
Committee Votes.................................................. 3
Committee Oversight Findings..................................... 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................ 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................ 3
Performance Goals and Objectives................................. 4
Advisory of Earmarks............................................. 4
Duplication of Federal Programs.................................. 4
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings.............................. 4
Federal Mandate Statement........................................ 4
Preemption Clarification......................................... 4
Advisory Committee Statement..................................... 4
Applicability of Legislative Branch.............................. 4
Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation....................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 5
PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION
H.R. 4957 designates the Federal building located at 99 New
York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the ``Ariel
Rios Federal Building''.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 4957 designates the Federal building located at 99 New
York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the ``Ariel
Rios Federal Building''.
Special Agent Ariel Rios was born in New York, NY, in 1954.
He joined the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives (ATF) in 1978. He was one of the most effective
agents assigned to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush's Task
Force.
Special Agent Rios worked as an undercover agent as part of
the Task Force. In 1982, he and another agent arranged to meet
two suspects at the Hurricane Motel in Miami, Florida to
purchase large quantities of drugs and machine guns. A
confrontation ensued and in a struggle, Special Agent Rios was
shot and seriously wounded. He died shortly after in the
hospital on December 2, 1982.
Special Agent Rios received a number of posthumous awards
including the Secretary of the Treasury's Exceptional Service
Award and a Meritorious Service Award from the Dade County
Chiefs of Police Association.
In 1985, Congress designated the ATF headquarters building
at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW as the Ariel Rios Memorial
Federal Building in P.L. 99-190. For nearly 30 years, the
original ATF headquarters building bore the name of Ariel Rios.
In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, it was determined
that a new, more secure ATF headquarters was necessary. Shortly
thereafter, Congress approved the construction of a new ATF
headquarters at 99 New York Avenue NE. After the ATF vacated
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, the building was repurposed as the
headquarters for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Congress renamed the EPA headquarters building as the William
Jefferson Clinton Building in P.L. 112-237. However, the
designation in honor of Ariel Rios was not transferred to the
new ATF Headquarters building. This legislation will rectify
that omission. This bill is supported by the ATF Association,
the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the
Association of Former Custom Service Agents, and the
Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service.
HEARINGS
No hearings were held on H.R. 4957.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION
On April 15, 2016, Representative Andre Carson (D-IN)
introduced H.R. 4957, a bill to designate the Federal building
located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of
Columbia as the ``Ariel Rios Federal Building''.
On April 20, 2016 the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure met in open session. The Committee ordered the
bill reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a
quorum present.
COMMITTEE VOTES
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires each committee report to include the
total number of votes cast for and against on each record vote
on a motion to report and on any amendment offered to the
measure or matter, and the names of those members voting for
and against. There were no record votes taken in connection
with consideration of H.R. 4957.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(1) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee's oversight findings and recommendations are
reflected in this report.
NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND TAX EXPENDITURES
Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the
report and is included in the report. Such a cost estimate is
included in this report.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE
With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has
received the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4957 from the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, April 28, 2016.
Hon. Bill Shuster,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
reviewed H.R. 4957, a bill to designate the federal building
located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of
Columbia as the ``Ariel Rios Federal Building,'' as ordered
reported by the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure on April 20, 2016.
CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would have no
significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect
direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go
procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting the
legislation would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits in one or more of the four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2027.
The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and
would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew
Pickford.
Sincerely
Keith Hall.
PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
performance goal and objective of this legislation is to
designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue,
N.E., in the District of Columbia as the ``Ariel Rios Federal
Building''.
ADVISORY OF EARMARKS
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Committee is required to include a list
of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited
tariff benefits as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. No
provision in the bill includes an earmark, limited tax benefit,
or limited tariff benefit under clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of
rule XXI.
DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Pursuant to section 3(g) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015),
the Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 4957 establishes
or reauthorizes a program of the federal government known to be
duplicative of another federal program, a program that was
included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-
139, or a program related to a program identified in the most
recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS
Pursuant to section 3(i) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015),
the Committee finds that enacting H.R. 4957 does not direct the
completion of a specific rule making within the meaning of
section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
FEDERAL MANDATE STATEMENT
The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of federal
mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act (Public Law 104-4).
PREEMPTION CLARIFICATION
Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
requires the report of any Committee on a bill or joint
resolution to include a statement on the extent to which the
bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state, local,
or tribal law. The Committee states that H.R. 4957 does not
preempt any state, local, or tribal law.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT
No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act are created by this
legislation.
APPLICABILITY OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law
104-1).
SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION
Section 1. Designation
Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 99 New
York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the ``Ariel
Rios Federal Building''.
Section 2. References
Section 2 deems any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
Federal building referred to in section 1 as a reference to the
``Ariel Rios Federal Building''.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 4957 makes no changes in existing law.
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